Among the host of challenges that a modern secular society poses, not least is knowing when and how to speak the truth in ordinary conversation. The Catholic intellectual tradition offers a useful way of thinking through this problem, particularly through the virtues of truthfulness, affability and modesty, together with what St Josemaría Escrivá calls naturalness.
Speaking the truth in ordinary conversation does not refer only to apologetics, but to the more common practice of sharing frankly what we believe in public settings as Catholics. This might involve something as public and impersonal as social media or something more intimate, like chatting with a friend over coffee. Each has its own pitfalls.
